A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and the Origins of the Arms Race - Softcover

Sherwin, Martin J.

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9780394752044: A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and the Origins of the Arms Race

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ISBN 10: 039475204X ISBN 13: 9780394752044

Publisher: Vintage, 1987

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Martin J. Sherwin's classic account of the political and diplomatic circumstances surrounding the development of the first atom bomb is as timely now as when it was written. His new introduction warns that until we understand its origins. the arms race will continue to force superpower relations to be conducted at the edge of the nuclear abyss.

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"A dispassionate, richly detailed account that promises to be the definitive book on the formation of atomic-energy policy during World War II ." -- Time

"The quality of his research and the strength of his argument are far superior to previous accounts."

-- The New York Times Book Review

"It is sure to be admired by historians, and it can be read with profit by any reader in search of complicated truths about the developing logic of U.S. foreign relations." -- Boston Globe

About the Author:

MARTIN J. SHERWIN won the Pulitzer Prize for his book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Stuart L. Bernath Prize and the American History Book Prize for A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies. He is currently a University Professor at George Mason University and professor emeritus at Tufts, where he founded the Nuclear Age History Center.

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